Contentedness

Since someone asked me to update my blog with something relating to this I thought I would do my best to do so, but also keep it short and simple. I don't normally blog about singleness or whatever, mainly because I usually just talk about it with whomever wants to hear what I have to say, but if it helps someone then I'm happy to do what I can.


Let me just preface this by saying that I'm not saying it's wrong to desire to get married AT ALL. If I am honest I can say that I DO desire it, I just don't pine for it because the Lord taught me that marriage will never satisfy our desires for companionship. While waiting for the Lord's best, remember that He ultimately IS your best and can satisfy any of the reasons that you desire to be married. I found this in a book I read about two years ago and loved it, so I thought it might help give you some perspective about what I mean. Whenever you begin to feel frustrated that you don't have an earthly spouse, think about how the Lord fulfills your needs as your heavenly spouse:

Why Do I Want To Get Married?                         How Can God Meet Those Needs In My Life?

I want to be loved                                                     "...I have loved you with an everlasting

                                                                                    love..." (Jer. 31:3)

I want to be accepted and valued                                  I am accepted in the Beloved. (see Eph. 1:6)

I want someone to adore me                                       The King has brought me into his chambers to

                                                                                adore me. My lover is outstanding among 10,000

                                                                                 (see Song 1:4, 5:10)

I want someone to hold my hand                                  "...I will uphold you with My righteous right

                                                                                 hand." (Is. 41:10)

I want a help in my days of trouble                          "Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue

                                                                               you..." (Ps. 50:15)

I want a "place," a nesting place that is                    We rest in the shadow of the Almighty (Ps. 91:1)

                                              my own to create and use

I want someone to help me in my life                      There is no one like God who rides the heavens to

                                                                              help you (see Deut. 33:26)

I want children.                                                      God gives us spiritual children like the numberless 

                                                                               grains of sand if we invest in lives (see Is. 48:19)

I want to share my life- the joys and                       God will share with me the treasures of darkness 

the struggles-- with one person (intimacy)                             and hidden riches (see Is. 45:3)

I want to walk through life sustained                      Even to my old age, God will sustain me, carry me,

and carried.  I don't want the whole load of life                                          and rescue me (see Is. 46:4)

I want a champion of my causes-- one                   "The Lord will fight for you..." (Ex. 14:14)
who is willing to fight for me.                                                                                         . 

I want a companion for this life.                              God invites us to humbly walk with Him.

                                                                                 (see Mic. 6:8)

It's just some perspective. You can take it or leave it.